I am actually disgusted with how poorly I was treated on the telephone by a woman called Lisa when I called this afternoon to inquire about my appointment. The appointment window was 12-4pm and no one had shown as of 4pm.
My husband took the afternoon off of work to be here for the appointment. Someone from Norfolk Plumbing called him this afternoon and asked to change the appointment to tomorrow and he refused because that would mean him taking another five hours off of work, which he can't do. So, when I called to find out about where the plumber was, I gave Lisa my address and she immediately got ugly with me, such an offensive, indignant attitude! She informed me of the emergencies that the plumber was dealing with - mind you, all in the most horrible tone - and that it's a Monday afternoon and that they were super busy. I get that. All I was asking was when the guy would get here. She replied 'today', I asked what time, and she rails into me that she can't give me a time and that he'd be here today. Her tone and attitude were so bad that I actually interrupted her to ask her if she knew how awful she was behaving and how unprofessional she was. She clearly did not care. Never in my life have I been met with such a vile person on the other end of the telephone. If I ever spoke to a client the way she spoke to me I surely would be fired.
Of course I want to cancel the service - routine sewer line maintenance that they performed last year for us - but that would mean more time off work which would only hurt us more. It's now 4:54 pm, it's dark outside, and still no sign of the plumber.
I will never, ever use this service again. The plumber may do a fantastic - or terrible - job and neither would matter to me because of the hideous encounter I had with Lisa at Norfolk Plumbing.
I am calling the owners tomorrow to make a formal complaint. Hopefully they'll take swift action to correct this liability to their seemingly-successful business.
Update: The plumber called at around 6:00 pm saying he'd be a the house in approximately 25 minutes. My husband said he'd rather he be at the house when he said he would and the guy got nasty and said he never said he would be there at any time, that he goes to each job as he's dispatched. This means that even though we had an appointment, we were the last job of the day. This makes no sense to me and further proves their unprofessionalism. My husband asked him if he was giving him a hard time, and they guy was just as belligerent as the woman at the office, so he just told him to not come and that we'd just use a professional business, not this group of children. So, there you have it folks. STAY AWAY. BEWARE. DO NOT BOTHER TO CALL THIS 'COMPANY'.